Anyways, I was just wondering how teams are recruited? If anyone knew how it worked that would be cool. Also, if you know any recruited teams list them below; it would be cool to a) have a list of them and b) see how they did in comparison to those who applied.

1. James and Abba said in an interview they applied normaly, so the were not recruited..2. Zev and Justin applied normally, I have seen their audition video on youtube.3. Margie and Luke/ Nicholas and Donald were recruited???

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I can confirm that my mom and I aren't recruited we get that a lot but we weren't. We applied for TAR 8, 12, 13, and 14 before we finally made it on.

Steve and Linda weren't recruited. They applied. I know Amanda & Kris and Jen & Kisha were recruited. Mike & his director friend and Tammy & Victor were finalists for TAR 13. Natalie (the one won Survivor Samoa) were a finalist for TAR 14 along with her ex boyfriend as well.

"I couldn't write. I'd been watching for so long, I was just like, 'I want to go on the show!' " White recalled. "I made a tape with a friend and sent it in. It wasn't like I tried to pull rank. We just sent in an audition and they called."

"I couldn't write. I'd been watching for so long, I was just like, 'I want to go on the show!' " White recalled. "I made a tape with a friend and sent it in. It wasn't like I tried to pull rank. We just sent in an audition and they called."

Hmm. From the interview it sounds like he wasn't but he and his son had a higher celebrity rank then most on TAR, especially after School of Rock!

Seems like Joey & Meghan may have been recruited judging by Joey's latest video where he says his friend "hooked him up with the right people", he said he's going to post a full explanation video soon.

I think this explains why I don't feel like rooting for some teams even if they were awesome (Chippendales) on the race. I would prefer a team who applied for the show on their own to win rather than having been recruited. Before TAR Allstars... all the teams seemed much more genuine (although there were still a few teams here and there who got through by pulling strings)...

I miss those days with real relationships at stake (Jon and Vic), friends just bickering (Tian and Jaree) and one member of the team just completely going nuts (Flo and Zach).